{"id":713297,"date":"2026-05-31T03:33:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T03:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/713297\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T03:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T03:33:22","slug":"athletics-make-luis-severino-move-before-yankees-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/713297\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics Make Luis Severino Move Before Yankees Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Athletics<\/a> don’t have any elite pitchers, but they do have an accomplished one in ace Luis Severino<\/a>. The two-time All-Star is 75-61 with a 3.93 ERA over 213 career outings (197 starts) and has made 14 playoff appearances (13 starts).<\/p>\n

The Athletics<\/a> signed Severino to a three-year, $67 million contract in December 2024, the largest in team history. However, the native Dominican went just 8-11 with a 4.54 ERA over 29 starts last year.<\/p>\n

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Severino has slightly improved this year, as he’s 2-6 with a 4.16 ERA over 12 starts. But the 32-year-old left Friday’s 8-2 loss to the New York Yankees<\/a>after just one inning<\/a> due to right arm soreness, per MLB<\/a>.com.<\/p>\n

The Athletics then placed Severino on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder strain before Saturday’s rematch with the Yankees and recalled right-handed pitcher Michael Kelly<\/a> from Triple-A in a corresponding move, per the team.<\/p>\n

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Athletics pitcher Luis Severino (40)\u00a9 Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Severino’s injury is the latest development in an unfortunate tenure with the Athletics thus far. The right-hander is 10-17 with a 4.43 ERA over 41 starts since signing that record-setting contract, which does not justify the club’s investment.<\/p>\n

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On the other hand, Severino did take a step forward before the injury, so losing him isn’t ideal for an Athletics pitching staff ranked 22nd in baseball with a 4.35 team ERA. It’s the main reason why the team is 27-30, as it ranks 11th with a .715 OPS.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Kelly has allowed three runs in 4.1 big-league innings this year and went 4-4 with a 3.18 ERA over 42 outings last year. The right-hander also went 3-2 with a 2.59 ERA over 28 games in 2024, which was his first year with the Athletics.<\/p>\n

Although the squad is three games under .500, it is still just 1.5 games behind the Seattle Mariners<\/a> for first place in the American League West. It hasn’t won the division since the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign, which was also the last time it made the playoffs.<\/p>\n

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After Saturday’s matchup with the Yankees, the Athletics will host them again on Sunday before hitting the road to face the Chicago Cubs<\/a> and Houston Astros<\/a>. After that, they will return home to play the Milwaukee Brewers<\/a>, Colorado Rockies<\/a>, Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> and Los Angeles Angels<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Right-handed pitcher J.T. Ginn<\/a> will start for the Athletics against southpaw Ryan Weathers<\/a> on Saturday, with the first pitch at 10:05 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

Related: Athletics’ Luis Severino Shares Injury Update After Yankees Game<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 30, 2026, where it first appeared in the MLB<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Athletics don’t have any elite pitchers, but they do have an accomplished one in ace Luis Severino.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2376],"tags":[537,5,24,52,54,631,56,1327,20354,59,4,1690,62,2548,2547,64,1073,65,27502,1949,142],"class_list":["post-713297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-yankees","tag-athletics","tag-baseball","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-colorado-rockies","tag-houston-astros","tag-j-t-ginn","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-luis-severino","tag-michael-kelly","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkyankees","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-ryan-weathers","tag-seattle-mariners","tag-shoulder-strain","tag-the-athletics","tag-yankees"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116667089146274572","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}